Tanisha Mallett

Reporter

Reporter

Tanisha Mallett is an Emmy-Nominated journalist who joined the 10TV News team is October 2005. In her tenure at WBNS she has covered huge breaking news stories and her coverage of many of those stories has been featured on CNN and CNN's Headline News.

Tanisha is also the recipient of the 2014 Ohio SPJ Award for Best Education Issues Reporting: K-12

Before coming to WBNS-TV, Tanisha was a reporter/anchor for WTEN-TV in Albany, NY. Prior to that, she was an anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD. Tanisha began her broadcasting career as a news writer at WPIX-TV in New York City.

Tanisha is a member of the National Association of Professional Women, The National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She dedicates much of her free time to mentoring young girls and serving as a speaker for organizations that encourage youth in the Columbus community. A native of Queens, New York, Tanisha earned a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Additional Info

Favorite CBS Program: NCIS and The Good Wife.

Role Model: Parents and my sister.

Hidden Talent: If I told you it wouldn't be hidden, now would it?

Anything else? I'm really enjoying Central Ohio but; you can take the girl out of New York you'll NEVER take the New York out of this girl!

Federal officials' review of the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old black man by a white police officer as he carried an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart remains unfinished as his relatives plan a rally and vigil to mark one year since his death. Get the story.

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